Sunday, August 19, 2012

Curse Of Jerry Meals Vanquished?
Thanks to Pedro Alvarez's clutch home run, the Pirates beat the Cardinals in 19 INNINGS. The two teams have played 2,186 times since 1901. Today's affair was the longest of them all. Karstens started the 19 inning game today and the one last year.

Andrew McCutchen tweeted: @TheCUTCH22

So that’s how it feels to be on the winning side of a 19 inning game...must say it feels pretty good.

Saturday, August 18, 2012

Roberto Clemente Walker (August 18, 1934 – December 31, 1972) was a Puerto Rican ball player whose Major League career comprised the 18 seasons stretching from 1955 through 1972, all of them played with the Pittsburgh Pirates, primarily as a right fielder. Clemente was awarded the National League (NL) Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award in 1966. He was on the NL All-Star team 15 times, received 12 Gold Glove Awards, and led the NL in batting average four times. In 1972, Clemente got his 3,000th major league hit. Off the field, Clemente was involved in charity work in Puerto Rico and other Latin American countries, often delivering baseball equipment and food to those in need. He died in an aviation accident on December 31, 1972, while en route to deliver aid to earthquake victims in Nicaragua. Clemente was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame posthumously in 1973, becoming the first Latin American to be selected and one of only four current Hall of Fame members for whom the mandatory five-year waiting period has been waived.[1][2] Besides being the first Hispanic player to be inducted into the Hall of Fame, Clemente is also the first Hispanic to win a World Series as a starter (1960), receive an MVP Award (1966), and receive a World Series MVP Award (1971).

Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Pittsburgh Pirates 4

Atlanta Braves 2

Game Played on Tuesday, August 16, 1988 (N) at Three Rivers Stadium

This was the first ever ballgame I had ever attended. I saved up about $50 and my Mom got the tickets off of a family friend, Bruce Dal Canton who was with the Atlanta Braves at the time as a pitching coach. I went with my friend Brian Zahand and I had a blast that day!!